Posted on March 24, 2016Scientists Discover the Secret to a Cavefish’s Weird, Waddling Walk Brooke Flammang is used to seeing fish that walk. But this blind, waterfall-climbing cavefish is something else altogether. The post Scientists Discover the Secret to a Cavefish's Weird, Waddling Walk appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on March 22, 2016I Want to Believe This Surprised Baboon Gets What Magic Is World renowned primatologist Frans de Waal doesn't see that viral GIF the same way we do. The post I Want to Believe This Surprised Baboon Gets What Magic Is appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on March 21, 2016Frozen rabbit kidneys could solve organ shortage for transplants An embryonic rabbit kidney can be transplanted after three months in the deep freeze and develop into an adult kidney without causing immune rejection
Posted on March 18, 2016Absurd Creatures: This Bird Impales Its Victims on Thorns. How Metal Is That? The innocent-looking shrike bashes its victims' heads in, then impales them on thorns before tearing them to shreds. The post Absurd Creatures: This Bird Impales Its Victims on Thorns. How Metal Is That? appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on March 18, 2016Right-leg prostheses give sprint para-athletes an edge on bends In races with bends, Paralympic sprinters whose affected leg is on the inside of the curve are hampered in generating force by their prosthesis
Posted on March 17, 2016Aquatic plant that feeds like a Venus flytrap faces extinction An endangered aquatic plant that catches water fleas and mosquito larvae has seeds that can't survive in seed banks, challenging conservation efforts
Posted on March 16, 2016A Mysterious Disease Is Killing People in Wisconsin Since November, nearly 50 people in Wisconsin have one by one fallen ill with an obscure kind of bacteria called Elizabethkingia. The post A Mysterious Disease Is Killing People in Wisconsin appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on March 16, 2016Snapping shrimps make less noise in acidifying oceans Fish and other marine larvae that use noises made by snapping shrimps to navigate to reefs could be among those affected by changing ocean soundscapes
Posted on March 14, 2016High-power biological wheels and motors imaged for first time The gearing system that provides rotation in bacterial flagella, the only known examples of wheels in nature, has been resolved in 3D for the first time
Posted on March 14, 2016Beyond Blood Type: Genomics Can Show What You’re Really Made Of The AB+ on your blood donor card? Yeah, that’s a massive oversimplification. The answer to precise blood donation is genomics. The post Beyond Blood Type: Genomics Can Show What You're Really Made Of appeared first on WIRED.